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REPORT OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COUNCILFOR PLANNING OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE Brasília, 2 and 3 October 2025 CONTENTS Paragraph Page A.ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK .......................................................1−63B.AGENDA .............................................................................................................................74C.SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS.......................................................................................8−694 A. ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK Place and date of the meeting 1.The Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economicand Social Planning (ILPES) held its twentieth meeting on 2 and 3 October 2025 in Brasília. Also held inthe framework of that meeting was the nineteenth Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of LatinAmerica and the Caribbean, which convened senior planning authorities, experts and representatives of thepublic to examine and discuss the practice, experience and outlook regarding planning in the region. Prior Attendance 2.The meeting was attended by representatives of the following member States of the EconomicCommission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, 3.Attending from the United Nations Secretariat were representatives of the Resident CoordinatorOffice in Brazil. 4.The following bodies of the United Nations system were represented: Food and AgricultureOrganizationof the United Nations(FAO),International Labour Organization(ILO),Office of theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 5.Other participants included representatives of development banks and cooperation agencies,panellists and invited experts. Election of Presiding Officers 6.The following Presiding Officers were elected: Chair:BrazilMembers:ChileDominican Republic B. AGENDA 7.The Council adopted the following agenda: 1.Election of officers. 2.Adoption of the agenda of the twentieth meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of ILPES.3.Nineteenth Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean.4.Presentation of the documentTechnical, operational, political and prospective (TOPP) C. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS Opening session 8.At the opening session, statements were made by Márcio Luiz de Albuquerque Oliveira, DeputyExecutive Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and the Budget of Brazil; Martín Francos, Deputy Ministerof Planning and Public Investment in the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Dominican Republic, inhis capacity as outgoing Chair of the Regional Council for Planning of ILPES; Silvia Rucks, Resident 9.The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and the Budget of Brazil said that thejuncture was a critical one, in which the persistence of inequality, political instability and climate changeimpacts in the region required strategic, coordinated and innovative action. The lack of universal access tobasic services (drinking water, sanitation, health and education) continued to hinder the full exercise ofcitizenship in countries, which also faced difficulties in mobilizing financial resources for projectimplementation. Addressing those challenges required more than piecemeal responses; it called for be fully aligned with the 2030 Agenda, and new pathways towards social inclusion, public sector innovationand crisis risk management should be explored. The region should pursue mutual cooperation and integrate 10.The Deputy Minister of Planning and Public Investment of the Ministry of Finance and Economyof the Dominican Republic, in his capacity as outgoing Chair of the Regional Council for Planning ofILPES, recalled that at the nineteenth meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, his country, as Chairof the Council, had presented the proposal for a regional agenda for governance of planning and publicmanagement for sustainable development. Given the multiple structural challenges that hindered progresstowards inclusive and sustainable development, ECLAC had proposed a set of structural transformationsand a cross-cutting transformation that would foster an enabling environment for development, which 11.The Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in Brazil said that public planning was oneof the most powerful tools for guiding sustainable development. Governments used it to set priorities,allocate resources and implement long-term strategies to face challenges and maximize opportunities.Planning was not simply a technical or administrative exercise; it was key to ensuring that public policieswere fully aligned with the population’s needs. The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) was critical to ensure that people had access to income, food, health, education an